Ground-based observations suggest the former geostationary inspector satellite suffered a fragmentation event months after retirement, raising new concerns about debris in high Earth orbit.

The US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has just declassified a pioneering spy satellite program ...

Satellites are perhaps the most wondrous piece of technology mankind has invented. The idea of creating an artificial device and launching it into space to orbit our planet is simply amazing. It is ...

Earth's orbiting satellites are commonly regarded as if they were suspended in mid-air. It is a fact that they actually experience a state of continuous free fall. This implies that they fall toward ...

Michael Nicholls, vice president of Starlink engineering, posted the news on social platform X, announcing the company’s plan to change the orbit of the satellites in order to reduce the chances of ...

Rocket Lab launched its first mission of 2026 this morning (Jan. 22), sending two satellites aloft for the European company ...

Starlink,a division of SpaceX, provides satellite internet around the world. It is ideal for those who live in rural areas as connection speeds are often improved over what local companies offer. It's ...

Sven Bilén founder and co-owner of Victoria Defense, which seeks to commercialize VLEO and other space technologies. He receives funding from DARPA and NASA related to VLEO technologies. Which is why ...

Swiss satellite maker SWISSto12 has secured €73 million in funding from ESA to industrialize the production of next ...

A small satellite named Deloitte-1 is hunting for hackers in orbit. Launched in March, it’s the first of nine spacecraft the consulting firm Deloitte expects to be operating over the next 18 months to ...